Whatever your cruising goals are catamarans will usually move you about more quickly than a monohull.

Power catamaran or monohull. Our expert team is on hand to help you choose the best boat for your sailing vacation. Due to their lower water line surface area catamarans are certainly faster. Another reasons we traded the monohull for a catamaran was our dogs.

The difference between catamarans and monohulls really comes down to personal preference. There is no question that catamarans are faster under power or sail. The speed of a catamaran makes it possible to outrun bad weather.

They could not get used to the heeling of the boat and were miserable. Economically the PC-58 might raise a few eyebrows at 2 mil plus but otherwise. So we bought a cat to have happy dogs and some great years of cruising in the Caribbean on Irie followed.

Afri-Cat was brought in as a consultant on Horizons new power catamaran line. Catamaran sailboats are propelled by the wind and can travel a lot faster than traditional sailing boats due to the needle-like monohulls. To back into a slip which will make it more convenient for crew to step on and off pull up until perpendicular with the slip pivot the boat with the engines and then use both in reverse adjusting as you back up if there is a beam wind.

Backing into a slip is easier on a catamaran than a monohull. Because you get a smoother ride. In part one of cat vs mono we covered price and performance.

Create a notification for Power catamaran These hybrid lines promise reduced energy consumption - the designer claims a range in excess of 100 miles without hooking up to shore power thanks to a combination of solar panels and a generator or a hydrogen fuel cell. Sailing catamarans can sail half the speed of the wind depending upon their angle. By comparison bow keel drag created by a monohull vessel is higher than that of a catamaran and due to this greater displacement.